Ethiopia receives 108,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from AVAT mechanism

Ethiopian Minister of Health Lia Tadesse (R) and Director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention John Nkengasong attend the handover ceremony of COVID-19 vaccine at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sept. 6, 2021. Ethiopia on Monday received the first shipment of 108,000 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) mechanism. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)